giniúint

Irish

Alternative forms

• geineamhuin (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish genemain f (“coming into existence”), verbal noun of gainithir. By surface analysis, gin +‎ -úint).

Noun

giniúint f (genitive singular giniúna, nominative plural giniúintí)

1. verbal noun of gin
2. procreation; conception; birth
   1. (biology) reproduction, generation
   2. (botany) germination
   3. generation, production
   4. embryo
   5. embryonic growth, sprout
3. (literary) progeny, breed

Declension

Declension of giniúint

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative giniúint giniúintí Vocative a ghiniúint a ghiniúintí Genitive giniúna giniúintí Dative giniúint giniúintí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an ghiniúint na giniúintí Genitive na giniúna na nginiúintí Dative leis an nginiúint don ghiniúint leis na giniúintí

Derived terms

• baill ghiniúna m pl (“reproductive organs, genitals”)
• giniúint Ádhaimh f (“Adam's seed”)
• Giniúint Chríost f (“Christ's Nativity”)
• giniúint i bpráta f (“sprouting, sprout, in potato”)
• Giniúint Mhuire gan Smál f (“the Immaculate Conception”)
• giniúint síl f (“germination of seed”)
• giniúnach (“generative”)
• stáisiún giniúna f (“generating station, power station”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
giniúint	ghiniúint	nginiúint
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “giniúint”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “genemain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language